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apostle_n act_n 14.14.17.16_o reprove_v idolater_n but_o zeal_n for_o god_n pure_o put_v they_o upon_o it_o paul_n and_o barnabas_n rend_v their_o clothes_n as_o well_o as_o reprove_v idolater_n and_o paul_n spirit_n be_v stir_v with_o inward_a zeal_n 17.16_o act._n 17.16_o before_o his_o tongue_n stir_v against_o the_o athenian_n let_v reproof_n 2._o be_v mingle_v with_o meekness_n passion_n be_v seldom_o prevalent_a with_o a_o sinner_n sweep_v not_o god_n house_n with_o the_o devil_n besom_n let_v the_o sinner_n see_v thou_o kind_a to_o himself_o when_o thou_o be_v most_o unkind_a to_o his_o sin_n 3._o let_v reproof_n be_v qualify_v with_o prudence_n by_o observe_v the_o nature_n and_o degree_n of_o the_o offence_n and_o the_o